scheduled and actual timeframes.
Scheduled Finished
Date Scheduled Start Date
Scope Scope Change
Scope Change Control Scope Definition
Scope Planning Scope Verification
Planned activity end date
Planned activity start date
The sum of the
products and services to be provided as a
project. Any change to the
scope.
Controlling changes in the scope.
Decomposing the major deliverables into
small parts.
Written scope statements. Auditing each scope
element at the end of a project for completion.
Used to judge the reasonableness of a
vendors quote. Used in PERT for
Solicitation Solicitation Planning
Source Selection Staff Acquisition
Stakeholder Start Date
Statement of Work Subnet
Successor Activity Target Completion Date
Obtaining quotes, bids and offers. Document stating requirements and potential sources to meet those requirements. Choosing a vendor or product. Getting human resources to work on the project. People directly or indirectly involved in the project. Qualified starting date
A narrative description of products or services
to be supplied under contract.
Subproject
Activity while "leaves" the node.
A constraining date in the project diagram.
Team Development Time-Scaled Network Diagram
Target Finish Date Target Start Date
Total Float Total Quality
Management
Workaround Work Breakdown
Structure
Work Item Work Breakdown
Developing team members to enhance
the project.
Diagram where the physical shape of each
activity object is proportional to the duration of that activity.
The date the work for the activity is planned
to be completed by. The date the work for
the activity is planned to be started by.
Float Quality improvement
program.
An alternative risk mitigation plan. Leaves
Risk in place. Deliverable oriented
approach. / Project elements are rolled up
into larger project deliverables.
Activity Lowest level
deliverable. / May be divided into activities.
Project Plan Execution - Inputs
Project Plan
Development - Tools
Project Plan Execution - Tools
Integrated Change Control - Inputs
Integrated Change
Control - Tools Initiation - Inputs
Initiation - Tools Scope Planning - Tools
Scope Planning - Inputs
Scope Definition - Tools
Project plan, supporting details, organizational policies, preventive action, corrective action Project planning methodology, stakeholder skills & knowledge, project
management information system (PMIS), earned value management (EVM)
General management skills, product skills & knowledge, work authorization system,
project management information system (PMIS), and organization procedures
Project plan,
performance reports, change requests
Change control system, configuration management, performance measurements,
additional planning, and project management information system (PMIS)
Product description, strategic plan, project
selection criteria, and historical information Project selection methods, expert judgement Product analysis, benefit/cost analysis. alternative identification and expert judgement Product description, project charter, constraints, and assumptions WBS templates and decomposition
Scope Definition - Inputs Scope Verification - Tools Scope Verification - Input
Scope Change Control - Tools
Scope Change Control - Inputs Activity Definition - Tools Activity Definition - Inputs Activity Sequencing - Inputs Activity Sequencing - Tools Project Plan Development - Input
Scope statement, constraints,
assumptions, other planning outputs, and
historical information Inspection
Work results, product documentation, WBS, scope statement and
project plan Scope change control
system, performance measurement, and additional planning
WBS, performance reports, change requests, and scope
management plan Decomposition and templates WBS, scope statement, historical information, constraints, assumptions, and expert judgement
Activity list, product description, mandatory dependencies, discretionary
dependencies, external dependencies and milestones
Precedence Diagram Method (PDM), Arrow Diagram Method (ADM),
conditional diagram techniques and network
templates Other planning outputs,
historical information, organizational policies,
constraints, assumptions
Schedule Development
- Inputs Cost Control - Input
Activity Duration Estimating - Inputs Schedule Development - Tools Schedule Control - Tools Schedule Control - Inputs Resource Planning - Tools Resource Planning - Inputs Cost Estimating - Tools Cost Estimating - Inputs
Project network diagrams, activity duration estimates, resource requirements, resource
pool descriptions, calendars, constraints, assumptions, leads and lags, risk management plan,
and activity attributes
Cost baseline,
performance reports, change requests, and cost management plan
Activity list, constraints, assumptions, resource requirements, resource capabilities, historical information and identified risks Mathematical analysis, duration compression, simulation, resource leveling heuristics, project
management software, and coding structure
Schedule change control software, performance measurements, additional
planning, project management software,
and variance analysis
Project schedule, performance reports, change requests, and schedule management plan Expert judgment, alternatives identification, and project management software WBS, historical information, scope statement, resource pool description, organizational
policies, and activity duration estimates
Analogous estimating, parametric modeling, bottom-up estimating, computerized tools, and
other cost estimating methods
WBS, resource requirements, resource rates, activity duration estimates, estimating
publications, historical information, chart of
Cost Budgeting - Tools Cost Budgeting - Tools
Cost Control - Tools Activity Duration Estimating - Inputs Quality Planning - Tools Quality Assurance - Tools Quality Assurance -
Inputs Quality Control - Tools
Quality Control - Inputs
Quality Planning - Input
Cost estimates, WBS, project schedule, and risk management plan Cost estimating tools
& techniques
Cost change control system, performance measurements, earned
value management, additional planning, and
computerized tools
Expert judgment, analogous estimating,
quantitative based durations, and reserve
time (contingency) Benefit/cost analysis, benchmarking, flow charting, design of experiments, cost of quality Quality planning tools
and techniques, and quality audits
Quality management plan, quality control
measurements, and operational definitions
Inspection, control charts, Pareto diagrams,
statistical sampling, flow charting, and trend
analysis
Work results, quality management plan, operational definitions,
and checklists Quality policy, scope
statement, product description, standards
and regulations, and other process inputs
Organization Planning - Inputs Staff Acquisition - Tools Staff Acquisition - Inputs Team Development - Tools Team Development - Inputs Communication Planning - Tools Communications Planning - Inputs Information Distribution - Tools Information Distribution - Inputs Performance Reporting - Tools
Project interfaces, staffing requirements, and constraints Negotiations, pre-assignment, and procurement Staffing management plan, staffing pool
descriptions, and recruitment practices
Team building activities, general management
skills, reward and recognition systems, collocation, and training
Project staff, project plan, staffing
management plan, performance reports, and external feedback Stakeholder analysis Communications requirements, communications technology, constraints, and assumptions Communication skills, information retrieval systems, and information distribution systems Work results, communications management plan, and
project plan
Performance reviews, variance analysis, trend
analysis, earned value analysis, and
information distribution tools
Administrative Closure - Inputs Administrative Closure - Tools Performance Reporting - Inputs Risk Management Planning - Inputs Risk Management Planning - Tools Risk Identification - Tools Risk Identification - Inputs Qualitative Risk Analysis - Tools Qualitative Risk Analysis - Input Organizational Planning - Tools
Performance measurement documents, product documentation, and other project records Performance reporting
tools, project reports, and project
presentations
Project plan, work results, and other
project records
Project charter, organizational risk management policies,
defined roles and
responsibilities, stakeholder risk tolerance, organization's
risk management templates, and the WBS Planning Meetings Documentation review, information gathering techniques, checklists, assumptions analysis, and diagramming techniques Risk management plan, project planning
outputs, risk categories, and historical information
Risk probability and impact, probability/impact
risk rating matrix, project assumptions testing, and
data precision ranking
Risk management plan, identified risks, project status, project type, data
precision, scales of probability and impact,
and assumptions Templates, human resource practices, organizational theory, and stakeholder analysis
Risk Monitoring & Control Tools Quantitative Risk Analysis - Inputs Procurement Planning - Tools
Risk Monitoring and Control - Inputs
Solicitation - Tools Solicitation Planning - Inputs
Solicitation Planning - Tools
Procurement Planning - Inputs
Solicitation - Inputs Source Selection - Inputs
Project risk response audits, periodic project risk reviews,
earned value analysis, technical performance measurements, and additional
risk response planning Risk management plan,
identified risks, list of prioritized risks, list of risks
for additional analysis, historical information, expert judgment, and other planning
outputs
Make of buy analysis, expert judgment, and contract type selection
Risk management plan, risk response plan, project communication, additional
risk identification and analysis, and scope
changes
Bidders conferences, and advertising Procurement
management plan, statement of work, and other planning outputs
Standard forms and expert judgment Procurement Planning
- Inputs
Procurement documents, and qualified seller lists Proposals, evaluation
criteria, and
Source Selection - Tools Quality Control - Outputs Contract Close-out - Inputs Contract Close-out - Tools Contract Administration - Inputs Contract Administration - Tools
Project Plan Execution - Outputs Organizational Planning - Outputs Project Plan Development - Outputs Quantitative Risk Analysis - Tools
Contract negotiation, weighting system, screening system, and independent estimates Quality improvement, acceptance decisions, rework, completed checklists, and process adjustments Contract Documentation Procurement Audits
Contract, work results, change requests, and
seller invoices Contract change
control systems, performance reporting,
and payment systems
Work results, and change requests Role and responsibility
assignments, staffing management plan, oganization charts, and supporting details
Project plan, and supporting details Interviewing,
sensitivity analysis, decision tree analysis,
Schedule Development - Outputs Quantitative Risk Analysis - Outputs Activity Duration Estimating - Outputs Qualitative Risk Analysis - Outputs Activity Sequencing - Outputs Risk Identification - Outputs Activity Definition - Outputs Risk Management Planning - Output
Scope Change Control - Outputs
Administrative Closure - Outputs
Project schedule, supporting detail, schedule management
plan, an resource requirement updates
Prioritized list of quantified risks, probabilistic analysis of
the project, probability of achieving the cost and time
objectives, and trends in quantitative risk analysis
results
Activity duration estimates, basis of estimates, and activity
list updates
Overall risk ranking for the project, list of prioritized risk,
list of risks for additional analysis and management,
trends in qualitative risk analysis results
Project network diagrams, and activity
list updates Risks, triggers, and
inputs to other processes
Activity list, supporting details, and work breakdown structure
updates Risk Management Plan
Scope changes, corrective action, lessons learned, and
adjusted baselines Project archives,
project closure, lessons learned
Scope Verification - Outputs Performance Reporting - Outputs Scope Definition - Outputs Information Distribution - Outputs Scope Planning - Output Communication Planning - Output
Initiation - Outputs Team Development - Output
Integrated Change Control - Output
Staff Acquisition - Outputs
Formal Acceptance Performance reports,
and change requests
Work breakdown structure, and scope
statement updates Project records,
project reports, and project presentations Scope statement, supporting details, scope management plan Communications management plan
Project charter, project manager identified and assigned, constraints, and assumptions Performance improvements, and inputs to performance appraisals
Project plan updates, corrective action, and
lessons learned Project staff assigned,
and project team directory
Resource Planning - Output
Risk Monitoring and Control - Outputs Schedule Control - Outputs Risk Response Planning - Outputs Schedule Development - Outputs Risk Response Planning - Outputs Risk Response Planning - Inputs Risk Response Planning - Tools Contract Close-out - Outputs Contract Administration - Output
Resource requirements
Workaround plans, corrective action, project change requests, updates to risk response plan, risk database,
and updates to risk identification checklists
Schedule updates, corrective action, and
lessons learned
Risk response plan, residual risks, secondary risks, contractual agreements, contingency reserve amount
needed, inputs to other processes, and inputs to a
revised project plan
Project schedule, supporting detail, schedule management
plan, and resource requirements updates
Risk response plan, residual risks, secondary risks, contractual agreements, contingency reserve amounts
needed, Inputs to other processes, and inputs to a
revised project plan
Risk management plan, list of prioritized risks, risk ranking of the project, prioritized list of quantified risks, probabilistic analysis of the project, list of potential responses, risk
thresholds, risk owners, common risk causes, trends in quality and
quantitative analysis results
Avoidance, transference, mitigation, and
acceptance
Contract file, and formal acceptance and
closure Correspondence,
contract changes, and payment requests
You are ready to enter a negotiating session with a group from Germany. The Germans have been known to
be aggressive and assertive. What should you do?
During project implementation the client interprets a clause
in the contact to mean one and you believe it means something else. What should
you do? Name 3 types of audits? As a project manager, before reporting a perceived violation of an established rule or
policy you should?
As a project manager, what is the most important activity to
ensure stakeholder satisfaction ?
As a project manager you responsible for
maintaining and ensuring what types of
integrity?
According to PMI what is the most critical factor to the success
of a project working internationally?
As a PMI member what happens when any party other
than a member cited for noncompliance refuses to
cooperate with PMI concerning matters under
review?
What is one of the two conditions in which you as a PMI member must refrain from
offering or accepting monetary payments or other
forms of compensation?
What is meant by the term aggressive
Maintain active listening Document the dispute
and refer the provisions of the
contract that will address the dispute.
Internal, system, and baseline
Ensure there is a reasonable clear and
factual basis for reporting the violation.
Documentating the requirements Personal integrity,
project integrity, and product integrity
According to PMI, it is leadership.
Accordingly, PMI may terminate the ethics
complaint.
Accordingly, when such payments or gifts do not conform with applicable laws
and when they may provide an unfair advantage for themselves or the business
they represent.
It is a constant self-reexamination to
better understand one's own strengths
What is one condition under which a PMI member does not have to
honor and maintain confidentiality and privacy of the customer?
What is one condition under which a PMI member does not have to
honor and maintain confidentiality and privacy of the customer? You co-worker is under
investigation by PMI, do you need to cooperater in investigation if asked
by PMI?
As a project manager what is the best way to
demonstrate a
professional manner with your fellow team members
and stakeholders?
How can you as a project manager ensure individual
integrity and professionalism?
Going of off your own experience in the field of project management, provide
an example of how you can contribute to the project management professional
knowledge base?
Why should you as a PMI member contribute to the project management knowledge base? According to PMI, define transnational?
When dealing with an ethics case who decides the matter?
According to PMI, what materials are
considered confidential in an
If maintaining the confidentiality is otherwise unethical or unlawful. If granted permission by the customer, client, or employer.
Yes, you must cooperate with PMI concerning matters of possible ethics violations and
other PMI matters. Failure to cooperate may result in your
PMP designation being revoked.
By respecting personal, ethnic, and all cultural differences that may be
present on the team or with the stakeholders.
By adhering to all the legal requirements and
ethical standards to protect the community
and all stakeholders. By sharing lessons
learned, best practices and research with
other colleagues.
To improve the quality of project management services,
build on the capabilities of other colleagues and help
advance the project management profession. Working in an environment
that is both global and local at the same time. It also involves creating a need for
greater attention to and awareness of diversity of
cultures.
The PMI Ethics Review Committee, or the PMI
Ethics Appeal
Committee depending on the matter.
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